Robert Louw
Robert has over 20 years’ experience across the breadth of the health and fitness sector, both as an operator and a supplier.
He joined the Wexer team through the acquisition of ClubVirtual where, as commercial director, he had both spearheaded growth of the business and developed an in-depth and invaluable understanding of the digital fitness market.
In his current role as Global Head of Business Development at Wexer, Robert leads Wexer’s commercial strategy and speaks with operators on all continents. He is a passionate believer in the brand’s mission: to make world-class exercise accessible to more people by harnessing the power of technology, while simultaneously ensuring traditional facilities remain at the very heart of the fitness experience.
To this end, his partner-centric mindset has seen him support numerous organisations in the health club, hotel and corporate sectors through their journey of digital transformation. His goal: working in collaboration to develop digital strategies to future proof these businesses and safeguard their relevance to today’s digitally savvy fitness consumers.
Prior to his move to ClubVirtual in 2014, Robert’s diverse roles spanned everything from sport manager at DeMIX Fitness in the Netherlands, through sales manager at Fitness First, to senior account manager at the Netherlands-based powerhouse that is the HDD Group.
Ed Gerard
Ed Gerard has spent the last two decades working in Fine Wine & Spirits industries on both sides of the Atlantic. His background covers importation, wholesale, retail and hospitality. Most recently Ed spent 8 years at Harrods as Head of Wines, Spirits, Cigars and Pharmacy where he orchestrated the multi-million pound development of the lower ground space into the award winning location it is today. He has followed the No & Lo category with keen interest for the last few years and has joined in the mission now as Global Director Business Development with Mocktail Beverages.
Jeannine Taaffe
Meghan Knoll
Sumeet Kumar
Dr. Sumeet Kumar is CEO of Innatera Nanosystems, the pioneering Dutch neuromorphic processor company. Dr. Kumar holds an MSc and PhD in Microelectronics from the Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands. He was previously with Intel, where he worked with the Imaging and Camera Technologies Group developing domain-specific tools for the development of complex media processor architectures. At Delft, Dr. Kumar is credited with creating two highly-successful European R&D programmes developing energy-efficient compute hardware for highly automated vehicles, together with organizations including Infineon, NXP, and BMW, among others. He was also responsible for leading industry-focused research on power-efficient multiprocessors and computational neuroscience.
Ben Jacobs
Aimee Gilbreath
John Keatley
